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Arriving at Chuck's house to load up... |
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Our first shuttle stop at Hwy. 27 |
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Our second shuttle stop on Hwy. 298 |
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Our third shuttle stop at Hwy. 7 |
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This is where we will begin our
hike.... |
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The Three Amigos hit the Ouachita
Trail |
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OT |
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Mile 160 ( We will be hiking the
route "backwards") |
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Moonshine Shelter to the right..... |
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Mile 159 |
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Not stopping here, we have a long ways
to go (Chuck and Tony) |
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Danny and Tony |
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Mile 158 |
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Crossing over our first bridge |
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Mile 157 |
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What a beautiful day.....
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Since I am the camera person...a lot
of selfies
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Mile 156 |
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Water break |
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My rig (Danny) |
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Heading up the rocky steep part |
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Mile 155 |
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Almost half way to our shelter |
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Mile 154 |
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Another rest stop (it was perfect
weather on Friday) |
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Mile 153 |
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Following an old road |
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Mile 152 |
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I can't believe the trail builders
moved all these rocks!
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Mile 151 |
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Our shelter just ahead |
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That is Big Bear Shelter on the creek |
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Arriving at our sleeping headquarters |
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Tony got here and now he has leg
cramps |
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Big Bear Shelter along the creek |
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The Three Amigos at Big Bear Shelter |
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Tony's pain has put him in bed..... |
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Chuck hung his hammock inside the
shelter (Rain tonight) |
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Our creek and a foot bridge down the
way..... |
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A fire, supper, dark and off to
sleep..... |
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Our table....for breakfast |
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It was kind of miserable sleeping,
cold windy and now
the forecast is rain, rain, rain..... |
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It was going to be 12-miles to Tony's
truck on Hwy. 298...
It was beginning to rain....so we decided to
head back the way we came |
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It would turn out to be a wise
decision.....
We did get rained on, on the way back, but
when we finished
the bottom fell out of the sky and it was
turning very cold. |
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Our rain gear...... |
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Not pretty, but it kept the rain
out.... |
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The trail was lined with this kind of
moss....nice! |
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It quit raining long enough to stop,
rest and drink |
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One more selfie
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The rainsuit was nice and kept the
rain off...
however, it was the "sweat" that got me wet!
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We made it back..... |
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We arrived back at the trailhead at
Hwy. 7....
Instead of doing 40 miles in three days, we did 20 miles
in two days...... |
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The OT was fun...wish the weather
would have been fun....!!!!!
At least it was nice on Friday.....we will return and finish? |
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